The Antarctic is no stranger to weird sounds, from ancient trapped air bubbles popping to entire ice sheets disintegrating. Now we can add another freaky track to the ouevre of icy masterpieces. Scientists monitoring the Ross Ice Shelf in West Antarctica captured … Discuss
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A new study on how dogs make sense of human languages explains which commands they understand
We love to tell dogs what to do, but we rarely consider whether they understand what we’re saying. Pet owners assume their dogs comprehend commands like sit, stay, or heel— even play dead and make me Instagram famous, for that matter — but without the ability to … Discuss
Pumpkin Cake Donuts
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Why a City in China Wants to Launch an Artificial Moon Into Space
A Chinese city has hatched a plan to launch an artificial moon into space within the next two years, according to a new report. Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province, has proposed a plan to launch an artificial moon, or illumination satellite, into … Discuss
Archaeologists find ‘vampire burial’ site of a child feared capable of rising from the dead
Inside a miniature tomb, in the middle of what used to be a sprawling Roman villa, is the body of a 10-year-old child who died more than 1,500 years ago. The skeleton is on its side, its mouth agape and stuffed with a limestone rock about the size of a … Discuss